Born and raised in Switzerland, Lilian Marton immigrated to Canada as a teenager and later graduated cum laude from Concordia University in Montreal with a degree in journalism and minor in cinematography. Now living in Toronto with her husband, in her middle years, she created her exuberant clown persona Funky Lily but always kept the written words flowing. After years of writing for the university or the Ontario government or corporations, she now specializes in short stories and essays, even free verse.

Hired to locate Lily's missing cousin, Griffon Goforth--a dark, enigmatic clairvoyant--cannot convince the young woman that he is anything other than a charlatan, but he is able to show her the power of their mutual passion

Tawny Hughes glares at her mother, "But why do you want to marry him?" she demands. How can she stop this marriage? In the mountain community of Lake Pearl, Tawny and her best friend Alix uncover a local mystery and befriend a runaway boy. When Tawny single handedly saves the town from peril, she discovers a strength she didn't know she had.

Justin Cross has been attending St James' Boarding Academy ever since he can remember, surrounded by 'troubled' students as the formidable headmaster Craig Cross attempts to reform them back into society, he keeps himself to himself but still manages to gain respect.Lily Irvine is sent to the Academy by her father who feels he needs to make his daughter become a valuable member of society once again. She meets Justin and his peers. There's just something about Justin that makes him different, something beyond the sarcastic and closed off nature that he portrays, and Lily is determined to find out what it is.But Justin has secrets.Secrets that could be murder to find out.Excerpt:Putting on a brave and confident masquerade every single day of your life can really end up unintentionally sucking the life out of you, threatening to draw away your last living breath with a malice intent on destroying your very being.

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